Then at the end of last week I heard a noise coming from drivers side front wheel when I tried to apply the brakes, I managed to get back to my workshop, removed the wheel, I could not believe my eyes, the castle knut and split-pin holding the trackrod end in place, was so rusted, when I run my fingers over it, the lot just came away in my fingers, so i looked at the other wheel, this made me feel sick in the gut, no knut at all, the threaded shaft was bent at the top and this is all that was holding it in place, then I noticed something hanging down near the wheel disk, on closer inspection, I decided to take the calipers off both sides, well talk about feeling sick ! both set of pads where so badly worn out it made go cold, as I had been driving around for a week, this could have cost somebody there life or even mine, I know I am a old bugger but this is not the point, it could have been a child, do not forget this MOT was just over a week old, both sets of pads where down to the metal, so bad it had made a grove of 1mm into one side of each set, the brake disks where badly damaged with ware.
I have replaced both trackrod ends and new disks, serviced both calipers and new brake pads to both sides. I feel a lot of anger about this MOT station, what are we paying for, he pulls it for a light bulb and a bit of corrosion on a brake pipe, then missed the most inportant thing, no steering and no braking, so I have desided to report this MOT station to VOSA, I have kept all the parts I have replaced and photos of these parts before taking them off. i will see what VOSA do about it, then talk to my legal team, regarding sueing them, we need to get rid of these quick buck merchants, putting peoples live at risk.
I will post some photos of the parts, I was always under the belief that a vehicle could fail a MOT test for just a split rubber dust boot.
